11:40 Russian Empire bought Arisaka rifles from Japan in WW1, there were also huge stocks of captured Arisakas from Russo-Japan war. Many of these rifles ended up in Finnish civil war, only god knows how.
The thing I find fascinating about Trotsky was the fact he didn't have a conventional military background, if he had one at all. He was a revolutionary to be sure, but he also worked as a war correspondent reporting on the Balkan War with Turkey which he keenly observed. He also appeared to make a study of war which many Bolsheviks apparently did.
@@ironheart5830 I can believe that, for most of these revolutionaries most of their military understanding came from whatever they could pick up in the libraries. I will recall a statement from Trotsky when it came to war. "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you."
@@ironheart5830 Indeed a lot of the officers who would later have major roles in the Soviet Army during WWII started in the Tsarist Army. They certainly needed them because it was recognized they had the technical skills the Communists didn't.
No Trotsky no October revolution victory, and no Trotsky no Red Army victory in the civil war. Not sure whether the USSR would have become much stronger if only he became the leader after Lenin died.
Unfortunately Trotsky was Jewish so he never stood a chance. Notwithstanding Lenin opposition to antisemitism and every nationalism, when the bolsheviks consolidated power the influx of many less educated members into the party brought with it a lot of old prejudices. Stalin was able to tap into those, for example the hate of many peasants for the church in little and middle sized cities, antisemitism.
Informative historical coverages about Red Army from its organization as red Guard to 1930 ... Besides, an informative introduction .. explained that its political backgrounds were important to understand , and why (Chika) as the background of KGB acted so brutality with suspicious cases...(Sir Stefan) You are a remarkable history teacher, thank you...good luck with the history of the Hustle channel, and you
11:52 Someone probably already informed you, but these Arisaka rifles were most likely part of Japanese military aid to Russian Empire during WW1. By middle 1915 Russian Imperial Army faced massive shortage of everything, but the most painfully lack of rifles and amminition. Weapon factories within Russia were already increased production by 211% and sacrificed quality over quantity, yet were unable to made more than they possibly could. That lead to use of hunting shotguns and axes on second and third defence lines on some sectors of Eastern Front. So, because Japan and Russia were allis at the time, Russian government required help from anyone and promissed to pay in gold. And Japan (plus the US) supplied Russia between 1916 to 1917 with large quantity of rifles and cartridges for them. Funny enough, among these rifles were American-made copies of Mosin-Nagant rifles.
Very interesting that the Soviet Red Guards were founded upon the same lines as the American militia units prescribed under the US Constitution of the 2nd Amendment? Very strange indeed?
Revolution in Russia were not Russian. Lenin band came on a sealed train from Switzerland through Germany and Sweden. Bronstein (Trocki) band came from New York. One have to remember where the money came from. Anyway, that was quiet an operation.
Trotsky, en route to Russia from New York City, was detoured up to Nova Scotia Canada. There he was detained by Canadian authorities who knew of his intention to take Russia out of World War I (thus freeing up German troops to go to the Western front and kill Canadians). It took the money and political influence of the Rockefeller family to get Trotsky released.
I get this comment a lot. Either by anti-semites or by people who just picked up the wrong information. I quote Orlando Figes (A People's Tragedy): "It must never be forgotten that while many revolutionaries were Jews, relatively few Jews were revolutionaries. It was a myth of the anti-Semites that all the Jews were Bolsheviks." He also wrote: "Not many Jews were Bolsheviks, but many of the leading Bolsheviks were Jews. To large numbers of ordinary Russians, whose world had been turned upside-down, it thus appeared that their country's ruin was somehow connected with the sudden appearance of the Jews in places and positions of authority formerly reserved for the non-Jews. It was a short step from this to conclude that the Jews were plotting to bring about Russia's ruin. The result was mass Judeophobia."
@@HistoryHustle I've got nothing against Jews, my Friend. Obviously you have a problem with that. For me it's just coincidence I don't care if someone is Jew or whoever. He was evil.
Winchester M1895s were ordered by Carist gov in 1915/16 from the US an delivered soon after in some quantity. Although the Russians liked the rifle it was also the only model they could get on short notice - presumably because no other Allied power wanted lever actions. The same was with Arisakas, only these were trickling in later and by 1917 orders were re directed to UK - equiping the Navy that transfered its SMLEs to the Army. In both cases it was due tu severe lack of basic infantry eqp not only in Russia...
They got lever actions as they came late to the game to order new bolt actions in America. Machines were at a premium, and setting up a new lines on short order damn near impossible. So they ordered rifles from preexisting lines to speed up procurement. Then when Mosin lines came online. The Revolution had already taken place. So they were sold in America after being converted to 30-06.
Thanks for detailing that iconic cap. I’ve always had a fetish for the Red Army’s 🪖 of the 1930s, when they continued to sport French Adrians and, then, my beloved SS-h36,….
Hi there! I am part of a Dutch reenactment group reenacting the second world war early and late war if you ever want to have good pictures for your video's I can help you with that or need help with the right attire :) it's a bit unrelated to this video!
Were they trained by the ding dong at 5:57? Would that Maxim machine gun be the longest serving machine gun in the world? I know there are some German MG42s out there, but that isn't nearly as old as the maxim. Anyway, Lenin did not rip you off. He simply redistributed wealth. Take care.
Great comments! I do not know if the longest serving machine gun in the world would be the Maxim (probably) or Lewis (maybe because it is still found in Africa & South America).
@@Gronk79 I did a google search and found the Lewis was made in 1911, so just about a year younger. Certainly, they would be the two longest serving machine guns in history, as they are both still in use.
I wonder if Lenin impersonators are as ubiquitous in Russia as are Elvis impersonators in the U.S.A.? I know people who claim to have been married (or robbed) by Elvis impersonators in Las Vegas.
Watch michael palins travel series when he went to russia just before the fall of the USSR (1991) he goes around with a lenin impersonator who people throw abuse at
I quote Orlando Figes (A People's Tragedy): "It must never be forgotten that while many revolutionaries were Jews, relatively few Jews were revolutionaries. It was a myth of the anti-Semites that all the Jews were Bolsheviks." He also wrote: "Not many Jews were Bolsheviks, but many of the leading Bolsheviks were Jews. To large numbers of ordinary Russians, whose world had been turned upside-down, it thus appeared that their country's ruin was somehow connected with the sudden appearance of the Jews in places and positions of authority formerly reserved for the non-Jews. It was a short step from this to conclude that the Jews were plotting to bring about Russia's ruin. The result was mass Judeophobia."
@History Hustle my replies keep disappearing!! Check the Jewish Encyclopedia and Jewish articles of that era! Also the slur of "antisemitism" was also a Soviet tactic....as most were Jews! Antisemitism was even a crime in the early Bolshevik era! All 19th 20th Century Zionists were also Communists, starting with the man behind Engels, Moses Hess!
Unfortunately, for a history teacher, you place little value on the backstory of the topics you discuss. Could it be due to your personal preferences? What do I mean by that: you don't mention a word about the destructive activities of the Bolshevik commissars who infiltrated the tsarist armies as moles during the First World War in order to destroy the tsarist regime. The same officers who were betrayed by the Bolsheviks and whose authority was undermined, which led to many deaths among the Tsarist troops (the Bolsheviks probably didn't care about this), were then forced into the Reds through coercion and blackmail by Leo Bronstein, called Trotsky army pressed. They also mention the Cheka, but not their terror, the oppression, the killings and other crimes and offenses against their own people. The red terror, i.e. the terror perpetrated by Trotsky and the Red Army, is not really dealt with by them. Although they made their own video about the "white terror", a video about the "red terror" is still pending.
@@HistoryHustle Thank you for your quick reply to my comment. Thanks for pointing out the additional videos, I look forward to watching them as soon as possible. Did you also make a video about the Bolsheviki and their (questionable) goals and methods during the First World War or the beginning of the Bolsheviki until the Russian revolutions (March and October)?
@@HistoryHustle Nothing important. It's just that if one of our liberals had said the same thing, he would certainly have told about how terrible Lenin was and about some prototype of detachments shooting Red Guards in the back.
Check out the playlist of REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA:
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@@beepboop204 Can you make full video on Don Cossack Host and other breakaway states during the Russian Civil War
Obrigado, Stefan! 🍀 🇧🇷
@@thomaswatson1739 Hope to do that one day.
@@HistoryHustle Another Russian Civil war break away country was Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus. It was destroyed in 1922
11:40 Russian Empire bought Arisaka rifles from Japan in WW1, there were also huge stocks of captured Arisakas from Russo-Japan war. Many of these rifles ended up in Finnish civil war, only god knows how.
Käärija is going for the win tonight. Torilla tavantaan!
Very interesting to read. Thanks for sharing this.
@@Yoloswaggkid Käärijä and eurovisions etc are gay degeneracy bs
Foreign rifles were given to non Russians
The Baltic states got American rifles
The thing I find fascinating about Trotsky was the fact he didn't have a conventional military background, if he had one at all. He was a revolutionary to be sure, but he also worked as a war correspondent reporting on the Balkan War with Turkey which he keenly observed. He also appeared to make a study of war which many Bolsheviks apparently did.
True. That did strike me as well. Guess he was a natural talent in this.
I read it in some where that he was more like motivator or cheer leader rather than the one who is actually leading the army.
@@ironheart5830 I can believe that, for most of these revolutionaries most of their military understanding came from whatever they could pick up in the libraries. I will recall a statement from Trotsky when it came to war. "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you."
@@schizoidboy Most of the field army was lead by former Tsarist officers that was taken hostages.
@@ironheart5830 Indeed a lot of the officers who would later have major roles in the Soviet Army during WWII started in the Tsarist Army. They certainly needed them because it was recognized they had the technical skills the Communists didn't.
I love your use of old photographs and film. Very informative Stefan
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No Trotsky no October revolution victory, and no Trotsky no Red Army victory in the civil war. Not sure whether the USSR would have become much stronger if only he became the leader after Lenin died.
We can only speculate...
@@fortunatomartino9797 капитализм убивает больше зай
@@fortunatomartino9797 in the same period capitalism killed way more people.
Unfortunately Trotsky was Jewish so he never stood a chance. Notwithstanding Lenin opposition to antisemitism and every nationalism, when the bolsheviks consolidated power the influx of many less educated members into the party brought with it a lot of old prejudices. Stalin was able to tap into those, for example the hate of many peasants for the church in little and middle sized cities, antisemitism.
@@fortunatomartino9797 ti devi diplomare in alta idiozia?
Excellent video as always Stefan. Cheers from Tennessee
Many thanks!
Always so interesting and informative, thank you!
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Thank you Stefan for keeping us informed ❤👍
Many thanks as always Jesse.
Informative historical coverages about Red Army from its organization as red Guard to 1930 ... Besides, an informative introduction .. explained that its political backgrounds were important to understand , and why (Chika) as the background of KGB acted so brutality with suspicious cases...(Sir Stefan) You are a remarkable history teacher, thank you...good luck with the history of the Hustle channel, and you
Appreciate your enthusiasm a lot, many thanks!
Very well done, comrade! It's nice to see some Soviet history that isn't full of reactionary nonsense. Thank you!
Thanks for watching.
great video and ootd bro
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Reminder that ‘Jukums Vācietis, formerly a colonel in the Latvian Rifles became the first commander-in-chief of the Red Army’.
Thanks for sharing.
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Someone probably already informed you, but these Arisaka rifles were most likely part of Japanese military aid to Russian Empire during WW1.
By middle 1915 Russian Imperial Army faced massive shortage of everything, but the most painfully lack of rifles and amminition. Weapon factories within Russia were already increased production by 211% and sacrificed quality over quantity, yet were unable to made more than they possibly could.
That lead to use of hunting shotguns and axes on second and third defence lines on some sectors of Eastern Front.
So, because Japan and Russia were allis at the time, Russian government required help from anyone and promissed to pay in gold. And Japan (plus the US) supplied Russia between 1916 to 1917 with large quantity of rifles and cartridges for them. Funny enough, among these rifles were American-made copies of Mosin-Nagant rifles.
Thanks for sharing.
Great info Stephan, german troops in norway. How cushy was it. How were you chosen for this. Russian front or Norway hmmm.?
Norway? Did I say that in this video?
@@HistoryHustle No sir you did not, but it would make a good episode. You pick topics others do not cover, which is why I watch. Regards
@@HistoryHustle Guess I am making a suggestion.
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Love the costumes dude!
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Hey dude what's that on your head ?!?
Period correct head gear...I need one for next winter😂
That is Budenovka
@@MrSlugny That's the worry ...you reckon that next winter is going to be the harsh one ?
Explain it in the video 🥉
Very interesting that the Soviet Red Guards were founded upon the same lines as the American militia units prescribed under the US Constitution of the 2nd Amendment? Very strange indeed?
You have a source on that. Feel free to share.
Both didn’t trust a standing army
Great presentation (as always)!
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Good that you speak for Trotsky after all, he can't ice pick for himself.
Lol.
Thankyou. A good introduction to the origins of the Red Army and it's many contradictions.
Thank you for watching.
amazing video and i like the uniform. i wish my history professors at school where as knowledgable and as passionate with teaching as you are
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Awesome history content, love all the swag you have too!
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Very, very good and interesting!
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Revolution in Russia were not Russian. Lenin band came on a sealed train from Switzerland through Germany and Sweden. Bronstein (Trocki) band came from New York. One have to remember where the money came from. Anyway, that was quiet an operation.
Trotsky, en route to Russia from New York City, was detoured up to Nova Scotia Canada. There he was detained by Canadian authorities who knew of his intention to take Russia out of World War I (thus freeing up German troops to go to the Western front and kill Canadians). It took the money and political influence of the Rockefeller family to get Trotsky released.
The German High Command transferred the Bolsheviks from Switzerland.
They hoped Lenin would remove Russia from WW1 (which he did)
I get this comment a lot. Either by anti-semites or by people who just picked up the wrong information. I quote Orlando Figes (A People's Tragedy):
"It must never be forgotten that while many revolutionaries were Jews, relatively few Jews were revolutionaries. It was a myth of the anti-Semites that all the Jews were Bolsheviks."
He also wrote:
"Not many Jews were Bolsheviks, but many of the leading Bolsheviks were Jews. To large numbers of ordinary Russians, whose world had been turned upside-down, it thus appeared that their country's ruin was somehow connected with the sudden appearance of the Jews in places and positions of authority formerly reserved for the non-Jews. It was a short step from this to conclude that the Jews were plotting to bring about Russia's ruin. The result was mass Judeophobia."
@@HistoryHustle I've got nothing against Jews, my Friend. Obviously you have a problem with that. For me it's just coincidence I don't care if someone is Jew or whoever. He was evil.
Winchester M1895s were ordered by Carist gov in 1915/16 from the US an delivered soon after in some quantity. Although the Russians liked the rifle it was also the only model they could get on short notice - presumably because no other Allied power wanted lever actions. The same was with Arisakas, only these were trickling in later and by 1917 orders were re directed to UK - equiping the Navy that transfered its SMLEs to the Army. In both cases it was due tu severe lack of basic infantry eqp not only in Russia...
Thanks for sharing this.
@@HistoryHustle my leasure. Keep up the good work professor...👍
They got lever actions as they came late to the game to order new bolt actions in America. Machines were at a premium, and setting up a new lines on short order damn near impossible.
So they ordered rifles from preexisting lines to speed up procurement. Then when Mosin lines came online. The Revolution had already taken place.
So they were sold in America after being converted to 30-06.
Then I guess the wikipedia article is based on similar sources. I didn't use the wikipedia article, but the sources below the video.
Thanks for detailing that iconic cap. I’ve always had a fetish for the Red Army’s 🪖 of the 1930s, when they continued to sport French Adrians and, then, my beloved SS-h36,….
Thanks for your reply.
Very interesting
Thanks!
Hi there! I am part of a Dutch reenactment group reenacting the second world war early and late war if you ever want to have good pictures for your video's I can help you with that or need help with the right attire :) it's a bit unrelated to this video!
We also use commands in Russian and the right formations etc!
Cool!
Spasibo. BZ
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Intresting and informative again 👍
Getting ripped of by Lenin.. Capitalism at work there LOL
(Mooie muts hoor ;-)
Groet'n oet Grun', T ✌
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Leather coat was part of the red army uniform which is very interesting .
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“I got ripped off by Lenin.” 🤣🤣🤣
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13:10. The red star was actually the symbol of Mars, the god of war.
Didn't know.
Were they trained by the ding dong at 5:57? Would that Maxim machine gun be the longest serving machine gun in the world? I know there are some German MG42s out there, but that isn't nearly as old as the maxim. Anyway, Lenin did not rip you off. He simply redistributed wealth. Take care.
Great comments! I do not know if the longest serving machine gun in the world would be the Maxim (probably) or Lewis (maybe because it is still found in Africa & South America).
@@Gronk79 I did a google search and found the Lewis was made in 1911, so just about a year younger. Certainly, they would be the two longest serving machine guns in history, as they are both still in use.
@@sirdarklust Thanks!
Thanks comment.
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History Hustle can now say with past millions, "I got ripped off by Lenin!" 😂
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Very capitalist of Lenin to charge you for the picture lol
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. . .especially when he looked much more like Bukharin than Lenin
History Hustle being hustled by a grifting Lenin, this is priceless 😂👋👋👋
They times we could travel to Russia with no problems. Wish I could be ripped off by Lenin once more.
@@HistoryHustle I know that’s all I can think of now . At least you went when you did 🌞
I wonder if Lenin impersonators are as ubiquitous in Russia as are Elvis impersonators in the U.S.A.? I know people who claim to have been married
(or robbed) by Elvis impersonators in Las Vegas.
Watch michael palins travel series when he went to russia just before the fall of the USSR (1991) he goes around with a lenin impersonator who people throw abuse at
Yes, I am happy that I've seen much of Russia and Ukraine. Hope I can travel there again once more.
if only they realized they were fighting on the wrong side it wasn't until ww2 they realized this
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Judeo-Bolshevism!!! Read John Beaty book The Iron Curtain Over America!
I quote Orlando Figes (A People's Tragedy):
"It must never be forgotten that while many revolutionaries were Jews, relatively few Jews were revolutionaries. It was a myth of the anti-Semites that all the Jews were Bolsheviks."
He also wrote:
"Not many Jews were Bolsheviks, but many of the leading Bolsheviks were Jews. To large numbers of ordinary Russians, whose world had been turned upside-down, it thus appeared that their country's ruin was somehow connected with the sudden appearance of the Jews in places and positions of authority formerly reserved for the non-Jews. It was a short step from this to conclude that the Jews were plotting to bring about Russia's ruin. The result was mass Judeophobia."
In the encyclopedia it says that Trotskys real name was Lev Bronstein.
@@HistoryHustle You can find good and bad in every group and also false religions has contributed to wars and conflicts throughout the years.
@History Hustle my replies keep disappearing!! Check the Jewish Encyclopedia and Jewish articles of that era! Also the slur of "antisemitism" was also a Soviet tactic....as most were Jews! Antisemitism was even a crime in the early Bolshevik era! All 19th 20th Century Zionists were also Communists, starting with the man behind Engels, Moses Hess!
Can't help YT deletes your comments.
Dr Zhivago
Classic.
Ripped off by Lenin! 😂🤣
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Unfortunately, for a history teacher, you place little value on the backstory of the topics you discuss. Could it be due to your personal preferences?
What do I mean by that: you don't mention a word about the destructive activities of the Bolshevik commissars who infiltrated the tsarist armies as moles during the First World War in order to destroy the tsarist regime.
The same officers who were betrayed by the Bolsheviks and whose authority was undermined, which led to many deaths among the Tsarist troops (the Bolsheviks probably didn't care about this), were then forced into the Reds through coercion and blackmail by Leo Bronstein, called Trotsky army pressed.
They also mention the Cheka, but not their terror, the oppression, the killings and other crimes and offenses against their own people. The red terror, i.e. the terror perpetrated by Trotsky and the Red Army, is not really dealt with by them. Although they made their own video about the "white terror", a video about the "red terror" is still pending.
Made videos on both Red and White Terror. See sources below my videos.
@@HistoryHustle Thank you for your quick reply to my comment. Thanks for pointing out the additional videos, I look forward to watching them as soon as possible.
Did you also make a video about the Bolsheviki and their (questionable) goals and methods during the First World War or the beginning of the Bolsheviki until the Russian revolutions (March and October)?
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Lenin was wise to surrender to Germany, and focus on the Whites instead. Trotsky would have tried to fight both at once, and he would have lost...
He was pragmatic yes.
Хм…. А где подробности про Ленина приносившего в жертву младенцев ? А где миф про продразверстки ? Человек из Европы объективнее наших либералов ?
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@@HistoryHustle Nothing important. It's just that if one of our liberals had said the same thing, he would certainly have told about how terrible Lenin was and about some prototype of detachments shooting Red Guards in the back.
Quite Interesting Subject.."in the Annals.." of Russian military history.."Instructor"!!
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Would love to give you the 🥇, but the comment needs to have a meaning and I can’t say what 'Ww' means...